Best of the Bargain Basement Vol. 2

[sim72]

sixpotter said:

After stalking this thread on and off I have decided to go back shedding. Just pulled the trigger on a £320 mk3 Golf GTI 8v with a years ticket. Collect Saturday, bought blind.. What's the worst that could happen...

Rust. Gearbox. Cambelt.

Pretty much everything else is cheap to fix (ludicrously so, if you can do it yourself). Lots of bits available from breakers yards - although the number of Mk3s you can find is declining now, there was almost guaranteed to be one there a few years ago.

[anonymous-user]

can you get any cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-polo-saloon-1-6-1998-...

vw polo saloon 1.6,

£200 offers

10 months mot

edit checking feedback sold before so might be fishy

Edited by The Spruce goose on Saturday 23 January 17:44

[Sillyhatday]

Cousin bought an R reg Volvo V70 2.4 for all of £200. The previous owner was some old guy who was going blind, so every corner has battle scars. It looks rough but with £200 worth of brakes, timing belt, plugs, oil, fluids, water pump, etc. It runs like new! It already had an MOT as well! The best part is that it had done only 68000 miles. So it's basically just run in.

[CX53]

The Spruce goose said:

can you get any cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-polo-saloon-1-6-1998-...

vw polo saloon 1.6,

£200 offers

10 months mot

edit checking feedback sold before so might be fishy

Edited by The Spruce goose on Saturday 23 January 17:44

Looks hideous, buy it!!

[Condi]

Toaster Pilot said:

Fresh in from the high mileage thread, I'm now the "proud" owner of this beauty

Had a 2.0Tdi one of those which was great until it died at 190k. Suspect that it had a few issues before with the head judging from the receipts, and then a sudden and catastrophic failure while getting some lunch one day! As fast as I put water in the cooling system it filled up the sump.

[wiliferus]

So what's the catch? A Volvo V70 T5, Spanish, leather, 110k, and a full years ticket for £650...

The only thing which got my heckles up is a very short advert from a private seller... Makes me wonder what's not being disclosed...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[Hoofy]

wiliferus said:

So what's the catch? A Volvo V70 T5, Spanish, leather, 110k, and a full years ticket for £650...

The only thing which got my heckles up is a very short advert from a private seller... Makes me wonder what's not being disclosed...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

For that price with a new MOT I'd risk it.

[defblade]

wiliferus said:

So what's the catch? A Volvo V70 T5, Spanish, leather, 110k, and a full years ticket for £650...

The only thing which got my heckles up is a very short advert from a private seller... Makes me wonder what's not being disclosed...

He's been offered £500 to trade it in and would rather make a few quid more and deprive the shyster dealer (his thoughts, not mine. I know they have to make a living ) of a massive profit...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

That bonnet mark looks ugly - poss bird mess that has marked the paint?

I defer to the Kapitein on all matters Volvo, but I'd be surprised if mpg was as low as that. My, admittedly newer but auto, T5 averages 28 according to the OBC.

With a long MOT, I'd absolutely chance it.

[havingabarth]

ManOpener said:

Emeye said:

ManOpener said:

dooosuk said:

8potdave said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

This could be a giggle... or a money pit. No where to strap my kids otherwise I may have had a punt

Seat belts zip-tied to the head rests...nice!

Bodged harnesses with some seriously dodgy looking angles? Run a mile.

I was wondering about that - what would happen to those headrests in an accident?

I don't know about the physics of it other than knowing it looks pretty much exactly the same as the "unacceptable angle" example here



I thing "nothing good" is probably the most honest answer I can give.

The unacceptable angle is to do with risk of spinal injury, attaching the harness to the floor means that it's not only holding your torso back in the seat, it's also holding your shoulders downwards because of the belt angle, especially problematic if your shoulders are higher than the corners of the seat. There's no give like standard belts either, so in a severe frontal impact where the driver is thrown both forward and upward relative to the floor, the vertebrae could be compressed which may cause paralysis.



Alternatively, upon impact one or both corners of the seats could simply bend, allowing the harness to slip down the side. This is why race cars use one piece bucket seats with reinforced eyelets for the belts and not zip-ties.


Finally it looks to be a four point harness (X-pattern with no crotch belt), so there's the risk of submarining. This is when the lower body slides down and under the harness on impact.



The dashed lines are where the pelvis should be, the solid is where it actually ends up. As the harness remains fixed, it concentrates all of the force onto the crests of the pelvic bones and more importantly, the abdominal organs. Much higher risk of fracture, organ damage and internal bleeding, especially with the central buckle right there. Again, normal passenger car belts have side buckles and mechanisms that allow more give than fixed harnesses to reduce this risk, so are actually safer than four-points. Proper racing harnesses generally need to be 5 or 6 point (one or two crotch belts).

Ironically, the headrests themselves would probably be fine, perhaps with some snapped zip-ties dangling from them.

[anonymous-user]

defblade said:

He's been offered £500 to trade it in and would rather make a few quid more and deprive the shyster dealer (his thoughts, not mine. I know they have to make a living ) of a massive profit...

Exactly this. We were offered £700 trade in value for a 04 MY T5 SE with 130K on the clock in really very reasonable condition. It would have been on a bombsite dealer at £2k within a week.

20MPG is a bit pessimistic, with gentle motorway work I can get 30ish from ours, and even around town with my lead footed wife driving it we get around 23MPG. OBC is very optimistic so these are actual calculated figures.

[sixpotter]

sim72 said:

Rust. Gearbox. Cambelt.

Pretty much everything else is cheap to fix (ludicrously so, if you can do it yourself). Lots of bits available from breakers yards - although the number of Mk3s you can find is declining now, there was almost guaranteed to be one there a few years ago.

Seen some horror mk3s lately rust wise this is my first after a few mk2s and Corrados. Mk2s always felt really well made, these seem less so..

Anyway it seems the seller might think his no reserve auction ended too cheap as I now can't pin him down to pick it up. Pain in the ass as I've swapped my insurance now.

[CX53]

This could make a reliable shed for someone, £695 2.0 accord, recent tyres & service

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[CX53]

Another boring but reliable jap car, fsh with new brakes and a years MOT. £550, probably less with a spot of haggling.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

[Chateauneufdupape]

When my insurance becomes cheaper I love the idea of owning a car like that Primera just to run to work in and take to the supermarket to get dinged. Such good value and I bet it would be pretty much trouble free too!

[V8RX7]

AAAARRRRGGGHHH !

Friend just called around in his new X Drive BMW, I asked what happened to his Saab 93 LPT 76k and FSH - he part exchanged it and was allowed








£600 !!

[Toaster Pilot]

CX53 said:

Another boring but reliable jap car, fsh with new brakes and a years MOT. £550, probably less with a spot of haggling.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...

Cheap car and bombproof mechanicals

[Hoofy]

V8RX7 said:

AAAARRRRGGGHHH !

Friend just called around in his new X Drive BMW, I asked what happened to his Saab 93 LPT 76k and FSH - he part exchanged it and was allowed








£600 !!

Don't feel so bad. That's not worth £600, anyway.
















I'm kidding. Did you feel slightly better for a moment?

[CX53]

Toaster Pilot said:

Cheap car and bombproof mechanicals

I'm very tempted just to buy it, or something like it. I don't need it necessarily but im fed up of owning nice cars just to have trolleys banged in to them or doors opened on them. I'd happily thrash this to work and use it for general running around, and id happily let the dog in it too which has some appeal. Hmmmm

[Toaster Pilot]

What about this ste Frenchie with a bit of test for no money?

Seller is a bit questionable but they all are at this end of the market